‘Gotham’ TV series casts young Bruce Wayne, Selina Kyle

March 04, 2014 | 11:06 a.m.

Several actors have been cast in the upcoming Fox series "Gotham." Click through the gallery for a look at some of the actors who will populate Batman's hometown. (Los Angeles Times; NBC; Tribeca Film)

David Mazouz, right, has been cast as young Bruce Wayne, the orphan who eventually becomes Batman, in "Gotham." Above, he is shown with Kiefer Sutherland and Gugu Mbatha–Raw in "Touch." (Kelsey McNeal / Fox)

Zabryna Guevara, left, has been cast as Capt. Essen, Jim Gordon’s boss at the Gotham City Police Department homicide squad,
in "Gotham." Above, she is shown with Ken Barnett in a photo call for the play "Burn This" at the Mark Taper Forum in 2011. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Fox’s Batman prequel series “Gotham” has cast two major characters — Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle, the young people who eventually become Batman and Catwoman.

David Mazouz, 14, will play a preteen Bruce Wayne who lives a solitary life after his wealthy parents are murdered.

“Serious and soulful, young Bruce relies on the guidance and protection of Alfred Pennyworth and James Gordon,” his official character description reads.

David Mazouz, shown here in a publicity shot for the Fox series “Touch,” has been cast as young Bruce Wayne in “Gotham.” (Michael Muller / Fox)

Mazouz is best known for his role as an autistic but gifted boy in the Kiefer Sutherland-starring Fox series “Touch.” His “Gotham” character Bruce Wayne, of course, eventually becomes Batman in DC Comics lore, but the series is focused on the origin of Gordon, Fox notes, not the origin of Batman.

Acting newcomer Camren Bicondova will play Selina Kyle, the girl who eventually becomes Catwoman, but in “Gotham” Selina is a teenaged orphan who is “suspicious and wholly unpredictable,” according to her character description. “A street thief and skilled pickpocket, she’s dangerous when cornered.”

Bicondova, oft-nicknamed “Cam Cam,” is best known for her background in dance, appearing on “America’s Best Dance Crew,” in the film “Battlefield America” and in numerous music videos.